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High street firms face ‘battle’ to recruit staff after labour pool shrinks

High street businesses are facing a “battle” to recruit staff against the backdrop of a shrinking workforce, with many workers having left the country or unable to work due to sickness.

by | 18 Oct, 2022

Industry chiefs lamented the vacancy crisis facing businesses ranging from retailers to restaurants to care homes at a committee meeting of the economic affairs committee at the House of Lords on Tuesday.

Retailers still “don’t know the scale of the effect” of an additional 450,000 people who are long-term sick compared to 2019, according to Kris Hamer, director of insight at British Retail Consortium (BRC).

Read more at City A.M.

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